Trian-indicator.



No. 658,290. V Patented sept. 13, |900. W. M. SIX &. D. R. DAILY. TRAININDICATOR.

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WILLIAM M. SIX AND OLIVER RUSH DAILY, OF LEBANON, INDIANA.

TRAIN-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 658,290, dated September18, 1900.

Application led J 111 14, 1900. Serial No. 20,261. (No model.)

To all whom t 11i/ty concern: Be it known that we, WILLIAM M. SIX andOLIVER RUSH DAILY, residing at Lebanon, in the county of Boone and Stateof Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement inTrain-Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention is an improvement in trainindicators, and has for anobject to provide a simple novel construction wherein the operator fromthe back of the case can manipulate the indicating devices which areconstructed and adapted to expose at the front of the case the number ofthe train,the time When such train is due, and information Whether thetrain is on time, and, if late, to what extent.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinationsof parts, as Will table I in Fig. 2.

be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front perspective View, and Fig. 27a rearperspective View, of an indicator embodying our invention. Fig. 3 is afront elevation, the front of the case being removed. Fig. 4. is avertical longitudinal section on about line 4t 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is adetail View of the detent devices, and Fig. 6 is a detail cross-sectionon about line 6 6 of Fig. 3.

In carrying out our invention We provide a suitable case A, having afront B hinged at B' and suitably secured at B2 and a back composed ofthe section C, which may be xed, and the section D, which is hinged atD' and suitably secured at D2. The front is provided at E with asight-opening through which the train-indicator F is exposed and with asight-opening G, through which the time-indicator H is exposed, asshownmin Fig. l. The back of the case has a sight-opening E', throughwhich the train-indicator is exposed, and a sight-opening G', throughwhich the time-indicator is exposed, and these openings E' and G' arepreferably arranged directly 0pposite and in line with their respectiveopenings E and G.

The'time-indicator H is in the form of a drum, having its shaftjournaled at H' and H2 and provided with a bevel-pinion H3, meshed byabevel-gear H4, whose shaft H5 is arranged at the rear of the casing, soit may be readily turned by the operator by means of a suitable key. Thetime-indicator H is provided with different. inscriptions, such as 4hours late,.

- ones of the inscriptions which are exposed to the opening G and arepreferably directly opposite their corresponding inscriptions. Thusthefigure 2. as exposed through opening G' in Fig. 2` is directlyopposite the inscription 5-10 late shown in Fig. l, the figure 3 isdirectly opposite the inscription l5-2O late, and so on, as indicated inthe Thus in operation if the operator wishes to indicate that a train isbetween ive and vten minutes late he would turn the time-indicator Huntil the figure 2 would be exposed through the opening G', and toindicate any other time in the opening G he would turn the drum untilthe figure corresponding to such time would be exposed through theopening G. By this means the indicator can be operated from the back ofthe case to accurately indicate on the front of the case that a train ison time, or, if late, to what extent.

To indicate the train, We provide Va trainindicator F, Which isjournaled in bearings J and K on the hinged section D of the back of thecase, and We preferably arrange such drum so it can be movedlongitudinally to expose one or another set of indicating-inscriptionsthrough the sight-opening E. In carrying out this feature ofourinvention We provide the drum F with trunnions F', which are movablelongitudinally in the bearingsJ and K, and the lower trunnion F hasfixed to it a bevel-gear L within a housing L', which also supports theshaft M' ot' a bevel-gear M, which meshes with the bevel-gear L, so itcan be operated to turn the indicator-drum F. The shaft M' of the gear Mis adapted at M2 to operate in a slot N, formed longitudinally in asuitable plate supported by the casing, and which slot has at its upperend a notch N', in which the shaft M' may seat when the indicator F isin its uppermost position. The

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shaft M' has the handle M3, by which it may be turned and may be raisedand lowered to adjust the indicator F up, as indicated in dotted lines,Fig. 4, or down, as shown in full lines in said 'figure and in Fig. 3.By this construction the same device serves for operating the indicatorF to rotate it and for adjusiingit up and down, and by preference weprovide a lower notch N2, in which the shaft M' may be seated when inits lowermost position, and a spring O, extended longitudinally adjacenttothe slot N,ls o that it will press the shaft M' laterally and force itinto the notches l and N2. The upper series of inscriptions upon theindicator F are exposed through the openings E and E' when the indicatoris lowered, While the lower series of inscriptions show through suchopenings when the indicator F is raised, as indicated in dotted lines,Fig. 4. These inscriptions include figures which are designed to showthrough the rear openings E' and other inscriptions corresponding tosuch figures and showing through the front opening E. Thus when thefigure 2 is exposed through the rear opening E' the correspondinginscription, Nd 16, lO-lA. M.,will show through the opening E andindicatethat the next train is No. 16 and is due at 10.15 a. m. The ta`ble I' on the rear of the casing indicates the proper numbers to beexposed through the opening E' in order to indicate the desiredinscription through the front opening E. It will be noticed from thetable I' that the upper series of inscriptions on the drum F is forday-trains, while the lower series is for night-trains.

By supporting the indicator-drum F on the hinged section -D it isconveniently accessi ble at all times for any desired purpose.

By our invention the operator at the rear of the casing may convenientlyand accurately indicate at the front of the casing the desiredinformation to the public.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. An indicator having upon it indicating characters arranged inlongitudinal and circumferential series and movable both longitudinallyand circumferentially or rotatably to bring any desired one of saidcharacters to exposed positions-nfl a shaft connected With said drum andadapted to operate it both longitudinally and circumferentiallysubstantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the drum F having the tru n nions and thebearingsin which said trunnions are movable longitudinally and rotatably, thegear L, the gear M, the boxing, the shaft of gear M journaled in saidboxing and having the handle M3, and the casing having a slot in whichsaid shaft is movable up and down substantially as set forth.

3. In an indicator substantially as described, the combination of thecasing having a hinged section D provided with a slot N, the drum Fhaving a gear L, and supported on said section D, the shaft M having agear meshing with the gear L and operating in the slot N, the shaft M'being movable bodily in the slot. N in a direction at right angles toits axis and the boxing supporting the shaft M' substantially as setforth.

LL. An indicator comprising the casing having sightopeniugs E E' and GG', the timeindicator having inscriptions arranged to be exposed throughthe openings G and G', and the train-indicator having openings arrangedto be exposed through openings Eand E', the said train-indicatorhavingits inscriptions arranged in two series and being movablelongitudinally, whereby either of said series may be exposed through theopenings E and E substantially as set forth.

5. An indicator comprising the casing having sightfopenings E and E', Gand G', the time-indicator consisting of a drum arranged horizontallyand having inscriptions which may be exposed through the openings G, G',the train-indicator in the form of a drum having upper and lower seriesof inscriptions and movable longitudinally and rotatably and anoperatingshaft geared with the trainindicator and adapted to rotate thesame, and to move it longitudinally, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM M. SlX. O. RUSH DALY. Witnesses:

EMPsoN T. LANE, J N. RITCHIE.

